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3pm team news: Palmer + James start, Kayode out, Schade a sub

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With no lunchtime kick-off, Gameweek 27 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) begins with three matches at 3pm GMT:

James Palmer

TEAM NEWS

Most of the major players from an FPL perspective start at Stamford Bridge this afternoon, with Cole Palmer, Joao Pedro, Reece James, Enzo Fernandez and Trevoh Chalobah included in Liam Rosenior’s starting XI.

We knew Chelsea would be without Marc Cucurella this weekend but we didn’t know that Estevao would also be absent. Those two players make way from Rosenior’s last Premier League line-up, along with the benched Josh Acheampong.

Pedro Neto, Reece James and Wesley Fofana come into the side.

Burnley are unsurprisingly unchanged from their 3-2 win at Crystal Palace.

There’s a shock absentee at Brentford, as well, with Michael Kayode missing out altogether. The Bees report that he picked up a knock in training.

Aaron Hickey and Jordan Henderson come into the side as Yehor Yarmoliuk drops to the bench.

That’s where you’ll find Kevin Schade, too. He’s back from a three-match ban but has to settle for a place among the substitutes as Keane Lewis-Potter keeps his place.

As for Brighton and Hove Albion, James Milner makes a record-breaking 654th Premier League appearance.

Milner and Carlos Baleba are the two changes from the Albion team that started the 1-0 defeat at Aston Villa.

Carlos Baleba and Joel Veltman are demoted to bench duty. Yankuba Minteh is, yet again, also a substitute.

Finally, at Villa Park, there are two alterations for the hosts compared to Gameweek 26.

It’s all change on the right flank as Leon Bailey and the fit-again Matty Cash oust Jadon Sancho and Lamare Bogarde.

Ollie Watkins sees off the threat of Tammy Abraham for now.

There are three changes from Leeds United’s last Premier League XI.

All the incomings are returning from injury or illness: Pascal Struijk, Anton Stach and Dominic Calvert-Lewin.

Sebastiaan Bornauw, Jaka Bijol and Lukas Nmecha are the fall guys.

LINE-UPS

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Maatsen, Luiz, Onana, Rogers, Buendia, Bailey, Watkins.

Subs: Wright, Lindelof, Digne, Torres, Garcia, Bogarde, Barkley, Sancho, Abraham.

Leeds United XI: Darlow, Bogle, Justin, Struijk, Rodon, Gudmundsson, Ampadu, Gruev, Stach, Aaronson, Calvert-Lewin.

Subs: Perri, Bornauw, Bijol, Tanaka, Longstaff, Nmecha, Gnonto, James, Piroe.

Brentford XI: Kelleher, Hickey, Ajer, Van den Berg, Henry, Henderson, Yanelt, Ouattara, Jensen, Lewis-Potter, Thiago.

Subs: Valdimarsson, Pinnock, Schade, Nelson, Yarmoliuk, Collins, Damsgaard, Donovan, Furo.

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Verbruggen, Wieffer, Van Hecke, Dunk, Kadioglu, Gross, Milner, Hinshelwood, Gomez, Welbeck, Mitoma.

Subs: Steele, Rutter, Minteh, Baleba, Kostoulas, Boscagli, De Cuyper, Veltman, Howell.

Chelsea XI: Sanchez, James, Fofana, Chalobah, Gusto, Caicedo, Andrey Santos, Palmer, Fernandez, Neto, Joao Pedro.

Subs: Slonina, Acheampong, Tosin, Sarr, Hato, Lavia, Garnacho, Delap, Guiu.

Burnley XI: Dubravka, Laurent, Esteve, Worrall, Walker, Ugochukwu, Hannibal, Humphreys, Edwards, Anthony, Flemming.

Subs: Weiss, Pires, Ekdal, Hartman, Florentino, Ward-Prowse, Tchaouna, Bruun Larsen, Barnes.

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  1. Sailboats
    • 10 Years
    20 days, 20 hours ago

    Wow what an absolute idiot. Studs up tackle

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    1. DRIZ ✅
      • 14 Years
      20 days, 20 hours ago

      Lovely as a Palmer non-owner

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  2. F4L
    • 11 Years
    20 days, 20 hours ago

    please dont sub palmer for a cb

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  3. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    20 days, 20 hours ago

    Fofana RC

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  4. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    20 days, 20 hours ago

    Palmer subbed

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    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      20 days, 20 hours ago

      Phew

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  5. sminkypinky
    • 14 Years
    20 days, 20 hours ago

    Palmer with so many opportunities but of course nothing. Can’t catch a break.

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    1. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      20 days, 20 hours ago

      Palmer owners saying they can't catch a break after the last two gws LMAO

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      1. sminkypinky
        • 14 Years
        20 days, 20 hours ago

        Maybe more so to do with trying differential captains to Haaland and they never pay off.
        But go on. Laugh away mate. That’s what I do every week when you whine about something. Every week. Week after week. Yup.
        Btw, inside top 10k. Where are you?

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        1. Brosstan
          • 11 Years
          20 days, 20 hours ago

          I'm laughing at the fact that you are whining about luck as a Palmer owner. Which is fully deserved

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  6. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    20 days, 20 hours ago

    Come on Burnley

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  7. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    20 days, 20 hours ago

    Lucky CS for Palmer cappers..

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    1. Amartey Partey
      • 6 Years
      20 days, 20 hours ago

      Haul!

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    2. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      20 days, 20 hours ago

      😀

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    3. Hughes Your Daddy
      • 13 Years
      20 days, 20 hours ago

      Thanks. Every cloud and all that.

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  8. fantasist
    • 15 Years
    20 days, 20 hours ago

    Palmer subbed, captain fail

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    1. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      20 days, 20 hours ago

      Wtf

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  9. Vasshin
    • 7 Years
    20 days, 20 hours ago

    So Burnley will score few now to wipe my cleanies of sanchez and chalobah

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    1. Absolutely Muñozed
        20 days, 20 hours ago

        don't give me hope

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    2. DRIZ ✅
      • 14 Years
      20 days, 20 hours ago

      Palmer Captainers thoughts?

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      1. fantasist
        • 15 Years
        20 days, 20 hours ago

        Disappointed but glad I didn't triple tbh

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      2. EffPeeEll
        • 6 Years
        20 days, 20 hours ago

        Hoping Man baby gets kicked up in the air and subbed afer 5 minutes?

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      3. S.Kuqi
        • 13 Years
        20 days, 20 hours ago

        Fofana is a cùnt

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      4. PartyTime
        • 4 Years
        20 days, 20 hours ago

        There was the element of doubt there, since I expect City to go full throttle against Newcastle. Chelsea, known as an unpredictable team too. Haaland(C) was probably the right call in hindsight.

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        1. EffPeeEll
          • 6 Years
          20 days, 15 hours ago

          Prematurely called it , "hindsight"

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        2. Make FPL Casual Again
          • 7 Years
          20 days, 15 hours ago

          Yeah suuure great analysis apart from a missing half hour with Chelsea looking like adding a second and Palmer central to everything

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      5. EffPeeEll
        • 6 Years
        20 days, 15 hours ago

        Still feeling smug ya to$$pot 😉

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    3. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      20 days, 20 hours ago

      Finally penalty merchant palmer blanks

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    4. MIGHTY JOE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      20 days, 20 hours ago

      Nowhere to hide for Palmer cappers now

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    5. Joyce1998
      • 10 Years
      20 days, 20 hours ago

      You just know when ya captain fails, the opposite always happens so Haaland is gonna have a blast tonight.

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      1. Atimis
        • 9 Years
        20 days, 20 hours ago

        Went with Pedro (c), hope he keeps 3 bonus

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    6. Absolutely Muñozed
        20 days, 20 hours ago

        Palmer lucky CS point

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      • HellasLEAF
        • 16 Years
        20 days, 20 hours ago

        Palmer off. Never fails when I captain Palmer blank incoming.

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      • Atimis
        • 9 Years
        20 days, 20 hours ago

        Verb to Raya last week still looking fresh lol

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      • Fifa las vegas
        • 13 Years
        20 days, 20 hours ago

        I said it yesterday that Palmer was going to troll me on WC, but couldn’t resist it given the fixture.

        Aah well, at least I got away without captaining. Haaland might go crazy yet

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        1. Fifa las vegas
          • 13 Years
          20 days, 20 hours ago

          You just know Wirtz and Ekitike will go on a mad one now though

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      • F4L
        • 11 Years
        20 days, 20 hours ago

        burnley better score now

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      • g40steve
        • 7 Years
        20 days, 20 hours ago

        Palmer pi55ed out, he’s the main threat & playmaker

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        1. g40steve
          • 7 Years
          20 days, 20 hours ago

          Off

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        2. Atimis
          • 9 Years
          20 days, 20 hours ago

          Rather main pen merchant

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      • #1 Salah Hater
        • 1 Year
        20 days, 20 hours ago

        Chelsea stop getting gifted lucky pens and magically Cole Palmer goes back to blanking

        Shocker...

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        1. denial
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          20 days, 20 hours ago

          He got subbed.

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          1. #1 Salah Hater
            • 1 Year
            20 days, 20 hours ago

            were you expecting them to get a penalty in the last 14mins?

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      • Mr. O'Connell
        • 13 Years
        20 days, 20 hours ago

        It's your time, Enzo. One last dance.

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        1. Atimis
          • 9 Years
          20 days, 20 hours ago

          Could keep him on bench and start GW31

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          1. Mr. O'Connell
            • 13 Years
            20 days, 20 hours ago

            That sounds awful. You make me sick.

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            1. Atimis
              • 9 Years
              20 days, 20 hours ago

              Makes me sick as well but it's life.

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        2. Absolutely Muñozed
            20 days, 20 hours ago

            he will only dance

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        3. DRIZ ✅
          • 14 Years
          20 days, 20 hours ago

          Haaland points prediction?

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          1. Absolutely Muñozed
              20 days, 20 hours ago

              17 hopefully

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            • F4L
              • 11 Years
              20 days, 20 hours ago

              7

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            • Mr. O'Connell
              • 13 Years
              20 days, 20 hours ago

              2. Never scores against the mags.

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            • Jigger & Pony
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              20 days, 20 hours ago

              5

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            • HellasLEAF
              • 16 Years
              20 days, 20 hours ago

              I have him to bag 1 goal, and City will concede 1.

              2 or 3 to 1 City

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            • Fifa las vegas
              • 13 Years
              20 days, 20 hours ago

              33

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            • RamaJama
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              20 days, 20 hours ago

              Hattie

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            • PartyTime
              • 4 Years
              20 days, 20 hours ago

              13

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            • EffPeeEll
              • 6 Years
              20 days, 20 hours ago

              zero hopefully 😉
              -1 even betterer

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          2. pundit of punts
            • 13 Years
            20 days, 20 hours ago

            Captained Palmer this gw after all the huge scores as non captain 🙄

            Picked him weeks ago with this captaincy in mind

            Red arrow confirmed

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          3. The Bandit
            • 15 Years
            20 days, 20 hours ago

            I hate FPL so much, that I’m going to watch the curling final 😆

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            1. Brosstan
              • 11 Years
              20 days, 20 hours ago

              Watch the cheating Canadians get a gold, no thanks

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              1. The Bandit
                • 15 Years
                20 days, 20 hours ago

                The Jocks have got this

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          4. Ze_Austin
            • 7 Years
            20 days, 20 hours ago

            A really good GW on paper...

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          5. Chalobah's Witness
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            20 days, 20 hours ago

            Palmer (c) against 5 ML opponents with Pedro (c).

            So close to deleting my team. Never been as close in 12 years of FPL.

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            1. DRIZ ✅
              • 14 Years
              20 days, 20 hours ago

              JP was the clear choice.

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              1. Chalobah's Witness
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 7 Years
                20 days, 20 hours ago

                Nah he wasn’t. It’s just nobody can afford Palmer without sacrificing Bruno.

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              2. Not again Shirley
                • 9 Years
                20 days, 20 hours ago

                In fairness, JP could easily have been benched for Delap.

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          6. HellasLEAF
            • 16 Years
            20 days, 20 hours ago

            The Palmer 9 defcon is the salt in the wound.

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            1. _Ninja_
              • 15 Years
              20 days, 20 hours ago

              Needed 12 anyway

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            2. FPL Blow-In
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              20 days, 20 hours ago

              3 more needed so still a bit to go

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            3. HellasLEAF
              • 16 Years
              20 days, 20 hours ago

              Ah right, mids.

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            4. PartyTime
              • 4 Years
              20 days, 20 hours ago

              The cameroon pepper in the wound

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          7. TheBiffas
            • 5 Years
            20 days, 20 hours ago

            I've forgotten what points feel like

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          8. Sailboats
            • 10 Years
            20 days, 20 hours ago

            Thiago and Rogers doing nothing

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            1. FPL Blow-In
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              20 days, 20 hours ago

              Or Watkins, or Cash or Kelleher

              Can Welbeck do one of those silly Panenka penalties again please?

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            2. Effe
              • 15 Years
              20 days, 20 hours ago

              Very frustrating. I’m hoping they get some late returns.

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            3. HellasLEAF
              • 16 Years
              20 days, 20 hours ago

              I can't believe I brought him back in (Tiago). So much positive hype there and getting skunked at home.

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          9. thegaffer82
            • 14 Years
            20 days, 20 hours ago

            Chelsea are allowed to get a penalty now, but I’d also like them to concede a couple as well as a United fan (if it isn’t too much to ask!)

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